A battalion of chain sawyers came out for this one; the last time I saw that many orange helmets was on the sideline at a Florida football game. They cut a lot, and everyone hauled a lot, with five robust fires burning well into the afternoon.

The work done will allow more light to the ground, spurring the growth of native sedges Joe identified on the high ground seen in the first picture.

The second set of pictures includes two taken on Monday, when embers still smoldered and tiny ice crystals formed on twigs just downwind of the burn.